Dreams on the Bitface

I am in a minority, in that the series bored me after two episodes. However, I did have an idea how the show might end. Tyler's girlfriend has been kidnapped in 2006, and will be murdered in a couple of days. There needs to be satisfactory resolution of this plotline, but Sam's already been in a coma too long to save her. However, one person knows that this is the same MO of the man he put away twenty-three years previously - retired DCI Gene Hunt. That also would give the series an 'oh, it wasn't all in Sam's head' twist.